UMass Up Next For Eagles

THE FACTS
MATCHUP: Massachusetts at Boston College
RECORDS: UMass (12-13, 2-0 Atlantic 10) | BC (10-16, 2-4 ACC)
WHERE: Harrington Athletics Complex
WHEN: Wednesday, March 27 | 4 p.m

About BC
- Boston College is coming off a series win over ACC foe Syracuse this past weekend. The Eagles won the first game (4-3) and took the second game on Saturday (10-2) in five innings. BC went 2-4 last week going 1-1 in midweek games.
- Last week, sophomore Emme Martinez went 9-for-14 at the plate (643 avg.) with six RBI, 13 total bases and four doubles. Martinez earned Eagle of the Week honors for her outstanding week on the diamond. Martinez went 4-for-4 Sunday vs. Syracuse, which gave her four multi-hit games this season. She is currently in a four-game hit streak.
- Leadoff batter Lexi DiEmmanuele went 7-for-17 (.412 avg.) with nine total baes, five run scored and two stolen bases last week. She now has 91 career steals. DiEmmanuele started all three games vs. Syracuse with a single this past weekend.
- On the mound, freshman pitcher Camryn Dolby went 2-0 with wins against Syracuse. She pitched 15.1 innings, gave up six runs and struck out 18 in four appearances.

About UMass
- Massachusetts is coming off two wins over St. Bonaventure.
- Sophomore pitcher Kiara Oliver has made 19 appearances and is 4-10. She has recorded 79 strikeouts in 88.1 innings pitched. Oliver has a 2.69 ERA. She picked up her fourth victory in a 5-1 win over St. Bonnies on Sunday. Oliver went seven innings, scattered three hits and struck out seven in the win.
- Offensively, UMass scored four runs in the fifth. The key hit was a two-run double from senior utility players Kaycee Carbone.
- Junior pitcher Quinn Breidenbach earned a 5-4 win over St. Bonnies on Monday. She went 4.2 innings, gave up two runs and struck out four.
- UMass took a 5-0 lead behind two two-run doubles in the fourth inning. Senior outfielder Erin Stacevicz (2-for-4 with 2 RBI) and senior infielder Kaitlyn Stavinoha (2-for-4, 2 RBI) led the UMass offense in the win.
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BC vs. Massachusetts
- This is the 45^th meeting between BC and UMass.
- Massachusetts leads the overall series, 38-6.
- The two teams first played in 1992. BC's first win against Massachusetts took place in 2003 (2-0).
- In 2018, Boston College went 2-0 against UMass.
- In the first meeting BC down UMass, 2-0, on April 10 at home. Allyson Frei threw seven scoreless innings, and held UMass to three hits.
- On April 18, the Eagles defeated UMass, 5-0, on the road. Chloe Sharabba went 3-for4 with an RBI while Jessica Dreswick struck out nine and scattered seven hits in seven innings.

UP NEXT
- The Eagles will host NC State this coming weekend. All three games are scheduled to air on the ACC Network Extra.
- First pitch on Friday is at 6 p.m. Saturday the two teams will take the field for a 1 p.m. start and in the final game on Sunday will start at noon.
- Boston College will open the month of April on Wednesday at Boston University (4 p.m.).

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Players Mentioned

Lexi DiEmmanuele

Camryn Dolby

Jessica Dreswick

Allyson Frei

Emme Martinez

Chloe Sharabba